Weltanschauung

By A.R.
From “The Odinist” (1974)

Weltanschauung is a German word that has been adopted into the English language for lack of a translation; it literally means ‘world view’, but Webster explains it as “one’s philosophy or conception of the world and life.” Weltanschauung, therefore is an attitude; and an attitude is dependent upon upbringing, heredity and other circumstances; it can be courageous or cowardly, proud or submissive, free or servile.

The one follows conscience, pursues, of own free will and initiative, what is conceived as destiny, and considers the good of the folk more important than personal gain or comfort. The other cringes before real or imagined dangers and waits docilely for orders from somebody in command.

In educating the young, our ancient ancestors urged an attutude of courage, pride and freedom; but since the advent of Christianity, humility and fear of God have been extolled as the more pleasing virtues and the previously held concepts slowly disappeared, until today it is so that a person is looked upon as insane if he stands for his rights as a freeman.

A world outlook embraces religion, science and art; out of these original, spiritual activities spring all other intellectual action. The spiritual harmony of a folk can only exist when the intellectual expression of all three branches of transcendental activity is the same.

During the Christian centuries religion became an enforced compliance with the dogmas of Rome; science was violated in order to conform with biblical doctrines; art was almost exclusively in glorification of biblical scenes. Religion was transformed into “confession”, meaning the enforced belief in a set of dogmas of a certain church. Here it makes no difference whether it was the Catholic or one of the Protestant churches; although some denominations are less dogmatic than others, they all adhere to the idea that humility and fear of God are the two most important prerequisites for a religious life.

We cannot accept this! Religion to us means the tie between man and the divine powers, expressed in Nature and the universe and includes man’s moral obligation to the furtherance of his folk, so closely tied in with the spiritual values we consider essential.

Religion and confession thus have become two different concepts.

Each culture, each religion is as strong as the will of its adherents to defend it. Christiandom has not recently demonstrated any such life-giving powers; its contradictions, untruths and outlandish demands have worn thin and it is time for a change of mind to clean out the musty smell of fear and submission.

It is for most people a physical impossibility to fear someone as undefined as the Christian god figure who is all over and nowhere in particular. When a person finds that he cannot do as his church tells him to, he feels miserable and develops a guilt complex. He thinks that he himself is to blame for everything bad that happens to him for he has also been taught that the Christian god is a punishing god who will strike him and his family with all kinds of terrible things if he does not follow the teachings of the church here and now. And when he finally dies he will burn in purgatory for ever if he does not repent; and all the time the poor fellow does not know he is supposed to repent, for it is against his whole being to admit to some imagined crime he does not really believe he has commited, and he is frantically searching his mind for something to confess, so that he can repent as proscribed.

This unfortunate Christian ends up with neurosis because his instincts are not in harmony with his enforced belief in the religious dogmas he has been taught.

The church also tells him to love his neighbor; that is fine; he does that (more or less) with regard to the people at work and on the street; but when “neighbor” is stretched to incline the whole world population, it becomes such a vague and impersonal concept that it is void of any meaning. It is almost impossible for an ordinary person to have any real love or concern for what happens thousands of miles away to people he never has, nor ever will have any direct contact with. Again, he feels guilty of not being able to honestly do what his religion demands of him, his neurosis grows and he is in conflict with his instincts, for his immediate family, his friends and the group of people to whom he by birth belongs.

This guilt complex cripples his soul and turns him into an unhappy individual who is helplessly adrift, not knowing what is wrong but left with the gut feeling that things are not what they ought to be. He does not realize the demands on him are completely contrary to his own natural inclinations, and detrimental to the best interests of his own personal well-being and that of his family and folk.

Our creed is not dogmatic. Everybody is carrying the heritage of his ancestors in his genes, and should, without breaking the chain, leave this valuable inheritance intact to the next generation.

Nature gave everybody these abilities in trust and thereby each of us becomes the architect of his own fortune and that of his people. But at the same time he also is the only cause of future misfortune, if he is not following his instincts and using his talents in the interest of his folk.

The belief in the spiritual concept of honor and freedom, courage and self-respect have not been in high esteem since Christianity entered the world stage. This is now slowly changing; conversion by fear has been overcome and all over, the Christian church is abdicating to Marxism, “new morality” and pressure from within.

It is this confusion within the church itself that affords an opportunity, instead of sinking down to the level of equality, drugs and guitar playing priests, again to accentuate the values our ancestors honored so highly, and which governed their actions in the days before Christianity endowed man with salvation and guilt.

If you, instead of obeying dead dogma promoted by a church that goes against life-giving ideals, work for the preservation of your cultural and biological heritage, your soul will be in harmony with your instincts. When you follow what you consider the best for yourself, your family and your folk, you are fulfilling the religious task that is part of your destiny.

Religion is not the negation of life, but the moral obligation to live, to the best of your ability, in the service of the folk.

My dogma is very simple: “The family is what matters most.” Anyone or anything that hurts the family or promotes destruction of the family is bad in my opinion and that ends up being a great many things in todays world. Science is the modern day religion and it is corrupt just like Christianity or any religion before that that became an institution to enforce a dogma that burned free thinkers for nonconformity and the audacity to question approved dogma or demand accountability and justice from those in power. I love to look for strands of the… Read more »